Par HARVEY JONATHAN. The text of this work is by Bishop J Cosin, based on Veni Creator Spiritus. The music is based on a pentatonic chord throughout, and reflects the floating rhythms of plainchant. The piece builds to a wonderful and ecstatic climax using a set of aleatoric overlapping vocal phrases. Commissioned by 1984 Southern Cathedrals Festivaland first performed at Winchester Cathedral in J…

The atmospheric cycle 'Avant-dernières Pensées? (Next-to-last Thoughts) of 1915, with its underlaid words, likewise belongs to Satie's 'story pieces'. The curious performance instructions in these three miniatures, all based on ostinato figures, amusingly lampoon the ideal of Romantic expressiveness. This Urtext edition faithfully adheres to the sources and reflects the latest findings of Satie sc…

per organo. Par VASKS PETERIS. Peteris Vasks has written a large number of pieces for the organ, both original works and arrangements of his own pieces which had originally been written for strings. The Riga-based composer created his ideal sound image after listening to the famous organ of the Cathedral of Riga. The basic idea of the organ work 'Cantus ad pacem' is, as with almost all of his comp…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Franz Schubert's 'Stabat Mater” D 175 is one of a number of church works that he wrote for his local congregation in Lichtental. This edition is based on the sole surviving source, the composer's autograph full score. Unlike its like-named companion piece D 383, Schubert uses the original Latin poem here. In his setting of April 1815 he focuses on the first two lines of the te…

Par BUTTERWORTH HELEN. A collection of 10 entrancing, original pieces designed for young cellists (with piano or CD accompaniment) in either a reading-based or Suzuki group lesson environment. This collection enables players of different levels to perform together-many of the pieces include parts for beginner, elementary, and more advanced players, and can be played successfully in different combi…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Paperback full score. The New Bach Edition (NBA) volume of J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor BWV 232 has been the definitive edition for generations of singers and musicians. However, the Bach Archive Leipzig, in conjunction with Bärenreiter, are constantly striving to bring new discoveries of editorial research to the fore. It is precisely for this reason that a new revised …

Saint-Saëns, Camille Symphony no. 3 in C minor op. 78 - Study score to supplement the full score and performance material on sale - Based on 'Camille Saint-Saëns ' Complete Edition of the Instrumental Works' - Detailed Foreword (Ger/Eng/Fr) 'In this work I gave everything I had to give. ['] What I did here I will never do again'. (Camille Saint-Saëns) Camille Saint-Saëns was justifiably proud of…

Voici une méthode pour jouer, dès le début, avec un très beau son d'Alto ! M'appuyant sur plus de 20 ans de pratique de l'enseignement, je propose ici, fort de mon expérience auprès de mes élèves, non seulement les bases de la technique AUER pour la main droite, mais aussi les indications et exercices complémentaires nécessaires. - Sarah LABROUSSE-BAERTFormation : Alto SoloInstrumentation : AltoNi…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Sonata In A Minor D 821 'Arpeggione' arranged for Clarinet & Piano. This volume is based on the Urtext of the New Schubert Edition; the solo part has been arranged for performance on the clarinet while the Piano part is identical to Schubert ´ s original as presented in the New Schubert Edition. The New Schubert Edition is a scholarly-critical complete edition reflecting curren…

NATIONAL EDITION SERIES A VOLUME 7 Jan Ekier. Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. The Preludes of Op. 28 include all 24 major and minor tonalities arranged in a circle of fifths, with each major key being followed by its relative minor. Contrary to custom of using this type of piece as didactic material, Chopin's cycle was intended as concert music. The Preludes are a diverse variety of mood, tempo, articulation…

The Children's and Female Choruses were composed in a single burst of creative activity at the zenith of Bartók's career, in the summer of 1935, between such masterpieces as the String Quartet #5 and the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. These short choral pieces are based on folk texts that Bartók further polished and stylized. The music, however, is wholly the composer's own, although i…

Par TOMASI HENRI. French composer and conductor, Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) published Variations Gregoriennes Sur Un Salve Regina 1964. As with his other wind compositions, Gregorian Variations for Trumpet and String Orchestra and Organ reduction was well-received by audiences. Tomasi was born in Marseille, but his Father and Mother were originally from La Casinca in Corsica. Despite being pressured…